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This fiction book is also fun for kids from grades 1st to 4th to read for leisure and get a laugh out of it. This would be a good book to have in your classroom library because it can help out students who are just learning English and may not completely understand figure of speech yet. That pie is so good that the home owners forgive her for her mistakes and realize why she had done everything wrong.

At the end the owners come back and are surprised and annoyed that none of the chores get done, however Amelia bakes a pie at the end. However, Amelia Bedelia does not understand figure of speech and always takes the commands literally, so she does her job wrong throughout the book. In the book Amelia Bedila is given specific instructions of chores to do around the house but somehow she always misunderstands these chores because the person who gives the order always gives orders as a figure of speech.

This book tells the story of Amelia Bedila who is a house maid but also is confused on what to do. ***The photo at left is of Herman with his aunt, Peggy Parish, in 1985. He has presented to students in more than 22 states. The importance of revising and editing is often stressed during these dynamic lectures. Herman is a resident of Princeton, New Jersey, and travels to libraries and schools across the United States, speaking and inspiring young children.

He has added thirteen more books to the series. Having editor Susan Hirschman and illustrator Lynn Sweat in common with his aunt helped to make the transition. To carry on the essence of the series, Herman thoroughly examined his aunt’s work and did his best to capture what exactly made the character of Amelia Bedelia such a hit. More importantly, this gave Herman a chance to keenly observe Peggy during her writing processes, gaining great insight to the road ahead of him. Since Peggy had the summers off from teaching, she was able to stay with the Parish family for extended periods of time, allowing Herman and Peggy to develop a close relationship. He did not wish to entrust the future of the series into the hands of a children’s author outside of the family.

Having grown up with his aunt’s tales of Amelia’s humorous misadventures, Herman decided to carry on the legacy after his aunt’s death in 1988. Herman Parish is the author of Amelia Bedelia children's book series, nephew of original author, Peggy Parish.